PMID: 15374510Mar 1, 1990Paper

Geriatric oncology: perspectives from decision analysis. A review

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Claudia Beghe, Lodovico Balducci

Abstract

The management of advanced cancer in the older person is variable. In some patients with common malignancies chemotherapy may palliate symptoms and prolong survival, while in other patients chemotherapy is a cause of overwhelming toxicity and supportive care is the preferred form of treatment. We explored the principles of individualized management for the older person with cancer and we used decision analysis as a guide. From a decisional standpoint, geriatric malignancies may be subdivided into two categories: diseases whose management is not affected by age and diseases whose management may be age-conditioned. In the latter group one can distinguish three clinical situations: diseases with short survival when untreated, which are responsive only to highly toxic chemotherapy; diseases with short survival when untreated, which may be responsive to low-toxicity chemotherapy; and diseases with prolonged survival when untreated, whose clinical course may be affected by chemotherapy. From the analysis of these clinical situations, a critical paucity of information has emerged in five areas: prognostic evaluation of the older patients, interaction of comorbid conditions and cancer chemotherapy, availability of low-toxicity alternat...Continue Reading

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Jul 1, 1991·Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics·L BalducciA Chausmer
Mar 8, 2000·Lung Cancer : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer·F LonardiF Campostrini
Dec 10, 1997·International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics·B ZachariahJ A DelRegato
Feb 19, 2000·Hematology/oncology Clinics of North America·B Zachariah, L Balducci
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Nov 1, 1991·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·L BalducciG H Lyman
Nov 1, 1993·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·O F BallesterL Balducci
Jul 1, 1995·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·B ZachariahL Balducci
Mar 1, 1995·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·B E Robinson, L Balducci

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